The 'special obligations' of the modern Hippocratic Oath for 21st century medicine

Medical Education

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 87-94

  Holmboe, Eric ^a   Bernabeo, Elizabeth ^a  

^a AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HIPPOCRATIC OATH; HUMANS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 84890204257     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/medu.12365     Document Type: Article

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